QCSDEnvironmentalScience - Resources for Students

Aerial photographs of Earth: http://justpaste.it/3ky (check out the Easter Island picture)

• Pollution:

National Geographic Water Pollution Exploration: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/signsandsolutions/index.html
Hudson River Plume (Human Impact Adventures): http://new.coolclassroom.org/adventures/explore/plume/1

• Population Growth:

U.S. Census: www.census.gov/main/www.popclock.html
World Clock: www.peterrussell.com/odds/worldclock.php
Live World Statistics (estimates): www.worldometers.info
Earth's Human Population on a Scale of 100 People: www.miniature-earth.com

Population Enrichment: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/trends.html - click on "Launch Interactive" - Take quiz for Developed World, Developing World and Environmental Challenge.

• Other population growth sites:

Easter Island videos:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfbQA-Krx9Q&feature=related
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDtijlH8Yq4&feature=player_detailpage
What Stops Population Growth? video: http://vimeo.com/2905893
List of Countries of the World by Population Size: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population
Population Density Map (1995): http://earthtrends.wri.org/text/population-health/map-192.html

• Food Web practice:

http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm - work on identifying producers, consumers and decomposers
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/meadow_activity.html - place organisms in the correct location in a food web (do all three webs!)
http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm - read information about food chains and webs, then click on "create your own web" at the bottom of the page

• These are some excellent wikis where you find awesome tools! Check them out!

• To avoid having to deal with copyright laws and asking for permission to use something you find on the internet, use this search service: creativecommons.org. It will search for things that have "some rights reserved" and even "no rights reserved." You should still find out whether or not the author/artist needs to be contacted. *For all other information/resources found on the internet, you must cite your work!*
• Also, here are a few websites where you can get free "royalty-free" photos:

• Here are some great collaboration, note-taking, and brainstorming websites!